A few years ago when I ran across Wayfarer’s album The River on bandcamp I was totally blown away by their conceptual style – a revisioning and repurposing of hymns with a sort of vintage 1960s rock flavor. It was so rich and …
Category: Folk
Artist Interview: Handsome and Gretyl – Creative pop folk duo
Handsome and Gretyl are an acoustic folk duo releasing a unique concept album, with one track per month all year in 2015, and the full album releasing on 12/12/15. They are extraordinarily talented. I was excited to ask them some questions about their …
Guest Review: Hannah of rockmycommute on Audrey & Chris
Looking for something folky but not too bluegrass or country? This is the perfect album. I loved every precious second of the seven short tracks on this self-titled debut from charming duo Audrey Snow and Chris Gillin-Schwartz, known simply as Audrey and Chris. …
The Bros. Landreth – Let It Lie and I Am The Fool
The Bros. Landreth are making some phenomenal country tinged folk north of the border and their debut album, Let It Lie, is one of the best I’ve heard this year. Instead of running down the whole album, I’m gonna hit you with the highlights. …
Band of Lovers–a romantic, adorable roadtrip
I grew up in upstate New York. It’s pretty well known that they host a pretty good underground metal scene (at least they did when I was a metalhead teenager). Folk music–not so much. I was very actively surprised and pleased when Band …
Album Review: The Orchardist – Dirt on Your Hands
Some artists have this incredible ability to sing every lyric as if it has eternal significance and the Orchardist is one of those bands. If you want some indication of the caliber of humans involved in this endeavor, check out their purpose from …
Free Music Friday! Blue Water Highway Band
Happy free music Friday everyone! Yesterday, I posted a video of “Medicine Man” by Kyle, TX’s Blue Water Highway Band. This band has just released their debut album, Things We Carry, and it’s available right now on Noisetrade for free! As always, we recommend …
Blue Water Highway Band – Medicine Man
I’m really excited about this new band. Blue Water Highway Band has their debut album up on Noisetrade, more on that tomorrow, and their particular brand of infectious Americana is exactly what we need to warm us up on this freezing cold February …
Mark Moldre – An Ear to the Earth – Experimental singer songwriter captures the past in song
[Note: This album is from 2013. We rarely cover albums more than a year old.] Not since I first heard Pokey Lafarge have I been so impressed with an artist’s ability to capture a bygone era. A bit of the 1930s in sonic …
The Lone Bellow – Then Came The Morning – The Only Folk Rock You’ll Need This Year
As any sports fan knows, the sophomore slump is real thing. A fantastic debut season followed by a disappointing second trying to live up the hype. But if you’re not a sports fan and you follow our site, you may not believe that …
